Education

Costing-Out the Price of Education

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 9, 2009

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives to the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee December 8, 2009 Thank you, Sen. Piccola and…

Testimony

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Government Accountability

What Next for “Tea Party” Activists?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 20, 2009

Following the recent “Taxpayers March on Harrisburg,” as well as recent health care protests in Washington DC and elsewhere, a grassroots organizer posed the question, “what should we do now?”…

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Taxes & Economy

Are Tea Party Protesters Nut Jobs?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 16, 2009

Reason TV interviews a number of attendees of the 9/12 Tea Party in DC in a new video asking whether they are “small group of radical freakazoids or a…

Media

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Government Accountability

Recaps of 9/12 March on DC

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 13, 2009

Here is some coverage of 9/12 protest in Washington DC from Pennsylvania (and some national) bloggers and attendeed: PA WaterCooler has a photo essay from John Lewandowski, who went…

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Tea Party Express Coming to Pennsylvania

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 8, 2009

The Tea Party Express will be hitting several cities in Pennsylvania this week, before heading to DC on September 12. The bus tour will be holding events in the…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Failed Economic Development Spending

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • September 4, 2009

State and local governments are locked in a constant competition to attract and retain businesses.  Unfortunately, instead of addressing a poor business climate and flawed economic policies, they have increasingly…

Commentary

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Education

What Does This Blog Post Inspire You to Do?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 3, 2009

When I first heard of President Obama’s planned speech to all students, I didn’t think much of it. I imagined he’d say things like “Don’t do drugs! Stay in school!”…

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Education

2009 SAT Scores by State

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 28, 2009

EDITORS NOTE: Click here for the 2014 SAT Scores by state The College Board has released data on 2009 SAT Scores.  I’ve compiled the data into a spreadsheet of…

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